Self-Exciting Fluid Dynamos

ISBN-13: 9781108717052 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 536 str.

Keith Moffatt; Emmanuel Dormy

Opis

Treats the origin of magnetic fields in planets, stars and galaxies, and the manner of their evolution over time.

Spis treści

Preface; Part I. Basic Theory and Observations: 1. Introduction; 2. Magnetokinematic preliminaries; 3. Advection, distortion and diffusion; 4. The magnetic field of the Earth and planets; 5. Astrophysical magnetic fields; Part II. Foundations of Dynamo Theory: 6. Laminar dynamo theory; 7. Mean-field electrodynamics; 8. Nearly axisymmetric dynamos; 9. Solution of the mean-field equations; 10. The fast dynamo; Part III. Dynamic Aspects of Dynamo Action: 11. Low-dimensional models of the geodynamo; 12. Dynamic equilibration; 13. The geodynamo: instabilities and bifurcations; 14. Astrophysical dynamic models; 15. Helical turbulence; 16. Magnetic relaxation under topological constraints; 17. Magnetic relaxation in a low-β plasma; Appendix. Orthogonal curvilinear coordinates; References; Author index; Subject index.